SpaceXFalcon 1Omelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Falcon 1 | FalconSAT-2
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No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.March 24, 2006Add to calendar
SpaceX's 1st launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,759th orbital launch attempt
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Window: Mar 24, 22:30 – Mar 24, 22:30 UTC
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FalconSAT-2
FalconSAT-2 was a satellite built by students of the United States Air Force Academy. It was intended to have been placed into low Earth orbit to study the effects of plasma on communications with spacecraft, however it failed to reach orbit due to a malfunction of its carrier rocket.It landed in a storage shed on Omelek Island, just a few feet from its own shipping container
Technology · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Booster
- F1 B0001 · flight 1 · Parachute Landing @ Pacific Ocean · landing failed · zone record 53/55
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- Falcon 1 Flight 1 — TheSystemsAlliance
Pad — Omelek Island
5 launches from this pad · 5 from Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
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